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This week, FanHouse is taking an early look at the top teams heading into 2008 with a BlogPoll decided on by our college hoops bloggers. To help with the team capsules, we've brought in some of the top fan bloggers around the internets to give us insights on their teams.

Today, we have enlisted Tom Popadak of Cane Space to break down the Miami Hurricanes.

The Canes are led by Frank Haith who is entering his fifth year as head coach. Canes fans and new UM AD Kirby Hocutt have "Faith in Haith" who signed a five year extension during the off-season and had the Hurricanes ranked as high as No. 19 in the AP Poll last season. In 2007-08, the Canes improved by 10 games over the previous season, beat #4 Duke and finished with a 23-11 record, leading to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament where the Canes managed to advance to the second round of the tourney before losing to Texas.

With the fall beginning and college basketball just around the corner, it's time to look back at what our favorite teams did during their summer vacations. Some did some good things; some had a bad time. So let's look back at who did what in our How I Spent My Summer Vacation series.

Today's look is the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roy Williams Hits Jackpot When All His Guys Return

The Tar Heels were at quite the crossroads. After a great season ended with a disappointing loss to Kansas, Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green all decided to take a look at the NBA Draft. Hansbrough decided to come back, but the other three entered the draft with the opportunity to come back to school if they didn't like their draft status.

If any or all left, the Heels were facing some uncertainty heading into the season. Yes, they'd still be a good team but they'd have a few holes.

In a somewhat surprising move, all three Heels decided to come back for one last hurrah. That means Ol' Roy gets everyone back from that Final Four team (sans a transferred Alex Stepheson and a graduating Quentin Thomas -- both role players). They also bring in three McDonald's All Americans.